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Page 1: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

IRAN

Page 2: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

IRAN Once known as Persia Oil rich nation Slightly larger than Alaska Two mountain ranges:

Elburz and Zagros Mountains Oil rich nation

Page 3: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

Elburz Mountains

Zagros Mountains

Page 4: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

IRAN Industries:

Textiles, metal goods, construction materials, carpets

Crops:Wheat, rice, sugar beets, cottonWorld’s largest producer of pistachio nuts

Page 5: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

Persian Carpet

Page 6: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

IRANIAN PEOPLE Population: 66.6 million

½ million are Persians Language: Farsi (Persian) 65% live in urban areas Capital: Tehran (also largest city) 2 million refugees from Iraq and

Afghanistan Religion: Islam (98%)

Page 7: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation
Page 8: Once known as Persia  Oil rich nation  Slightly larger than Alaska  Two mountain ranges:  Elburz and Zagros Mountains  Oil rich nation

IRAN’S GOVERNMENT Center of Persian empire 2,000 years

agoRuled by shahs (kings)

1979-Religious leaders overthrew the monarchy

Islamic Republic-a government run by Islamic religious leaders

New laws introduced based on Quran